Prolific Researcher Playbook by Bianca Pereira

Hi Reader, Do you believe in perfection? I don’t believe perfection exists or could ever be achieved. So I was really surprised when, back in 2014, the counsellor handed me a form and I hit a high score for perfectionism. Not only that, but a high score for Maladaptive Perfectionism. In practice it meant: Not starting a task if I was not sure the result would achieve a high standard. Not delivering what was promised because it is still "not good enough". Overthinking the work (read, think and...

Hello Reader, I have an important question for you: How many hours have you wasted looking for a source that YOU KNOW you have read before? If you have been doing research for a little while I can safely say: DAYS. I am not exaggerating. According to a study made by Choueiry on more than 90 thousand papers in the Medical Sciences, 90% of the research papers have anywhere between 8 and 102 references, with the typical amount around 39 references per paper. So If you take 20 minutes looking for...

Hello Reader, Highlighting is the art of calling attention to a piece of text within a large document. How often do you highlight? When I was in high school, I thought the right way to process any source was to highlight the important parts to check it again when the date of the exam arrives. In University it was pretty much the same.. until I started doing research. Highlighting felt good as I have a visual cue of how much I have read. I also knew that there were important parts marked in...